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Metaverse: Hype or Hope?

Metaverse has become the most recent buzzword in China’s capital market, as related stocks continue to hit daily limits.

The actual term metaverse was first put forward in Neal Stephenson’s 1992 science fiction novel , in which he described a virtual world called the Metaverse, a computer-generated 3D world that is interactive, immersive, and collaborative. The 2018 movie , directed by Steven

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